Lorraine Mullaney, Author at ECigIntelligence

Man on a mission to counter ‘nicotine illiteracy’ and aid smokers everywhere

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 19th May 2023 || News analysis |

Taking nicotine out of a tobacco context and inspiring confidence in the role it can play in harm reduction is the goal of Sudhanshu Patwardhan, medical director at the UK Centre for Health Research and Education (CHRE) ...

Illegal, untested vapes ‘putting health and legitimate UK businesses at risk’

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 17th May 2023 || News analysis |

The UK government needs to clamp down on the increasing numbers of rogue retailers selling untested and illegal vaping products, both online and instore, according to compliance expert Robert Sidebottom ...

Chinese licensing ‘will benefit importers, exporters and the wider e-cig industry’

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 12th October 2022 || News analysis |

Firms importing vaping products from China should check that their suppliers have the appropriate licence to meet the requirements of new legislation ...

Combined Canadian company aims to be among the world leaders in CBD vaping

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 11th October 2022 || News analysis |

Canadian firms SNDL and Valens are merging in a CAD138m deal that aims to create a top-five player in CBD vaping products ...

US FDA bends to external pressures and lobbying over following science, says VTA

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 8th June 2022 || Blogs |

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actions in the name of public health threaten to have the opposite effect by leaving the vaping sector in the hands of big tobacco, a vaping association claims ...

Fiscal policy clouds vaping business, boosts black market in Middle East

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 30th May 2022 || News analysis |

High taxes are holding back the market for legal vaping products in Middle Eastern markets and the black market is benefitting as a result, according to a major distribution business in the region ...

Misinformation and bad press ‘have turned people off the safer alternative’

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 21st April 2022 || News analysis |

Public opinion is turning against vaping due to misinformation and negative coverage from the media, according to John Dunne, director general of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) ...

Export expert outlines post-Brexit tips for moving goods into the UK or Europe

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 2nd February 2022 || News analysis |

Andy Hooper, CEO of Global E-Commerce Experts, provides tips for companies wishing to export into Europe. He'll expand on this in a talk at White Label World Expo in London on 2nd and 3rd March ...

European surveys back up smoking cessation aim in e-cigarette users

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 13th November 2020 || News analysis |

A new survey reveals that 80% of Europeans who switched to e-cigarettes to quit their habit have succeeded ...

Concerned US vape stores diversify in response to FDA’s PMTA regulation

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 22nd September 2020 || News analysis |

US vape stores are diversifying into CBD and oral nicotine, while others fear being blamed by customers for reduced choice as FDA premarket tobacco product regulations cause products to disappear from the shelves ...

NHS Scotland suggests a review of support for e-cigs as cessation tool

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 15th July 2020 || News analysis |

Around half Scotland's health community would allow vaping in hospital grounds, a survey found. But there was a call for a review of the advice supporting e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool ...

Misleading cases: how EVALI sparked an epidemic of misinformation

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 17th February 2020 || News analysis |

While nicotine vaping has been largely acquitted of involvement in the US outbreak of vape-related lung disease, will the torrent of misinformation that followed have a long-term impact on the e-cig sector? ...

Should doctors be asking more questions about vaping habits?

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 8th January 2020 || News analysis |

With vaping becoming part of the lifestyle of more people, is it time healthcare professionals routinely asked questions about it, as they might about smoking, alcohol or diet? ...

CDC and FDA shift emphasis to THC, but public still believes nicotine more dangerous

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 4th October 2019 || News analysis |

The American public believes nicotine e-cigarettes to be more dangerous than THC vaping, even as official statements on the recent outbreak of lung disease start to emphasise the role of cannabis and play down the involvement of nicotine...

Study urges caution on legalising e-cigarettes to cut smoking rates

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 24th September 2019 || News analysis |

Legalising e-cigarettes in countries where they are currently banned may not be the best available approach to reducing smoking, a recent study suggests ...

Research says flavours motivate vaping – and kids like fruit

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 17th September 2019 || News analysis |

In the midst of US president Donald Trump’s declared crackdown on flavoured e-cigarettes, new research finds flavours have a strong appeal to vapers and play a part in initiating e-cig use ...

Rise in passive vaping triggers further negative publicity for e-cigarettes

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 4th September 2019 || News analysis |

It has been reported that increasing numbers of US school students are being exposed to second-hand vapour from e-cigarettes, triggering negative publicity for the industry ...

Australian public dazed and confused by regulatory complexity

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 16th August 2019 || News analysis |

Public confusion about regulation has led Australians to inadvertently break the law on vaping products, according to a recent study which also blamed inconsistent information being disseminated in the media ...

Young people ‘aren’t prompted to smoke just by seeing vapour’

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 13th August 2019 || News analysis |

A group of US academics and scientists joined forces to explore how anti-vaping public service announcements (PSAs) impacted 21-to-30-year-olds who were either smokers or dual users of both e-cigarettes and...

‘More clinical research is needed’ to earn public and regulators’ trust

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 1st July 2019 || News analysis |

Industry must continue investigating the science of vaping to satisfy regulators’ concerns and build trust, according to a senior scientist at British American Tobacco (BAT) ...

Poland regulatory report: e-cigs regulated as tobacco

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 30th September 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Recent legislation transposes the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive into Polish law and regulates e-cigarettes in the same way as tobacco. This means advertising and vaping are banned in public places are banned, in line with the restrictions on...

Croatia regulatory report: TPD finally being transposed

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 23rd September 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

E-cigarette products are in the process of being regulated in Croatia, by transposing the Tobacco Product Directive (TPD), once the government is established. We expect the Draft Act on Restriction of the Use of Tobacco Products to be...

Malta regulatory report: cross-border sales permitted, some ads banned

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 16th September 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Malta has imposed the TPD’s restrictions on advertising, product labelling and packaging. The authorities’ move to ban vaping in the same premises as smoking has been challenged in court so no legal nationwide restriction currently...

India: potential for growth but tobacco remains competitive

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 2nd September 2016 || Country market reports , Market reports |

The e-cigarette market is highly undeveloped in India with an estimated 15,000-50,000 vapers. As the country is developing rapidly, it has the potential to grow but the market is complex and...

The TPD’s impact on product design explained

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 1st September 2016 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

The Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) has important implications for the products that are allowed on the e-cig market, because it prescribes their characteristics, such as the permitted concentration of nicotine or the size of...

The TPD and product labelling: information requests and doubts

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 1st September 2016 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Article 20 of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) imposes information requirements and restrictions on the labelling of e-cigarette products. These new rules affect bottles, packaging and...

Russia: regulations expected by 2017

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 5th August 2016 || Country regulatory reports , Regulatory reports |

Contents1 Executive summary2 Regulatory landscape3 National regulatory framework4 Age restrictions5 Labelling and packaging6 Retail channel restrictions (including cross-border and distance sales)7 Public usage8 Advertising and marketing9 Taxation10 Enforcement11 Case law12 Future developments There may be more recent...

Vape store photo gallery: UK

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 22nd July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Our world store of vape stores ends back in the UK. See how e-cig retailers do point of sale, advertising and promotions in store – and on double-decker...

Vape store photo gallery: Portugal

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 22nd July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Next to Spain is Portugal. How differently do Portuguese retailers display their products and point of sale? We take a glimpse at a few...

Vape store photo gallery: Spain

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 22nd July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

We head south to see how Spain's e-cigarette retailers lay out their wares. How hot are Spanish vape product displays and point of...

Vape store photo gallery: Russia

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 22nd July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Our global tour of vape stores continues as we take a virtual trip to Russia to view various displays, point of sale and retailers in this massive e-cig...

Vape store photo gallery: Poland

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 15th July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

This photo gallery heads to Eastern Europe to catch a glimpse of Polish vape retailers' point of sale, product display and shop...

Vape store photo gallery: Japan

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 15th July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

From shop fronts to point of sale, see how vape stores do e-cigarette sales in...

Vape store photo gallery: Italy

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 15th July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Italy is famous for its style and its vape stores are no exception. Browse through our photo gallery of shop fronts and e-cig...

Trade fair photo gallery: China

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 15th July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Take a virtual trip to the Shenzen trade fair to see how the Chinese vape stores lay out their...

Vape store photo gallery: Greece

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 8th July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

These photos give you a glimpse into how Greek retailers promote their e-cig products through instore point of sale and window...

Vape store photo gallery: Belgium

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 8th July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

A snapshot of how some Belgian e-cig retailers approach point of sale, product and window...

Vape store photo gallery: Bulgaria

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 8th July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

A visual taster of how some of Bulgaria's e-cig retailers do point of sale, product and window...

Vape store photo gallery: France

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 8th July 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

Take a visual tour of some of France’s vape stores and see how French retailers do point of sale, product and window...

Ontario, Quebec dominate Canadian vape store development

Written by Lorraine Mullaney || 19th May 2016 || Market reports , Topic market reports |

This article summarises the results of ECigIntelligence’s analysis of 664 vape stores across Canada’s 13 provinces and three territories. Information was gathered from two online sources and combined and merged into a single directory....

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